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Using agents is fantastic, but don't use an agent where a simple lookup works instead. Like using a 747 to grocery shop.
Using eve.dev to create an agentic video generation pipeline is super easy. @elevenlabs.io for voiceovers and music. @vercel.com AI Gateway to switch models in real time for Video and Script generation.
For love of my sanity, please @slack.engineering support real markdown. Copying and pasting from my agents output into slack is a tragedeigh.
It's pretty wild how much "checks & balances" was a complete lie.
I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.
I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.
Men don't want all in one shorts. I'm not wearing the same shorts for running, swimming, and golfing.
Consumer banking is still living in the 80s. You should be able to access the entire history of a single transaction in your account. The machines it routed through, the services that handled each part of the transaction, the fees at each step.
We need something like decentralized auth for agents. Drop your agents and content sources into an auth group and everyone starts talking. Having to auth every agent + content source with each other is a spiderweb of permissions hell.
I'm convinced they make the ux of electronic voting machines terrible on purpose
Site monitoring and optimization is critical for commercial web apps right now. If Meta takes interest in your app, you can see massive usage spikes for sustained periods. Any small inefficiency will amplify and balloon your cost.
A quick guide to hosting Angular apps on Vercel www.carbonatethis.com/articles/202...
Hosting an Angular Application on Vercel - Charles Brown
How to deploy Angular apps to Vercel, covering both static client-side rendering and server-side rendering, including the vercel.json configuration that SSR requires.
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I need @notion.com to support skills.sh so I can use the same ones between all my tools
The Agent Skills Directory
Discover and install skills for AI agents.
skills.sh
A recap of #atmosphereconf 2026 as well as an overview of why I'm spending my very limited free time in my life betting on ATProto (and why I think you should, too!) This isn't just for developers. This is for everyone. brittanyellich.com/atproto/
Why I'm betting on ATProto (and why you should, too)
Social media was supposed to connect us, but most of it has turned into ads, division, and loneliness. I'm betting on ATProto as a way to fix that, and not just for developers. Whether you're a scient...
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"You ever get the feeling that everything in America is completely fucked up? You know that feeling that the whole country is like, one inch away from saying, "That's it! Forget it!". I mean, think about it. Everything's polluted. The environment, the government, the schools, you name it."
Disable JavaScript and reload your site. Blank page? That’s what AI agents see. If your data isn't in the initial HTML, it might as well not exist. SSR and structured content are the new baseline for being found.
Huge performance improvements on Next 16.2. • Up to ~60% faster rendering • Up to ~400% faster 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚟 startup nextjs.org/blog/next-16-2
Next.js 16.2
Next.js 16.2 includes Adapters, rendering performance improvements, improved debugging and error pages, and more.
nextjs.org
We likely need a new API protocol for the future of AI. Why distribute an MCP when you can expose the correct type of endpoint instead.
An easy optimization for image generation on Vercel
Stop Over-Generating Images with next/image - Charles Brown
The default next/image configuration generates up to 15 image variants per source file. Most of them will never be served. Here's how to align your deviceSizes config with your actual breakpoints and ...
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We use a LOT of AI and Agents at Vercel and the @notion.com built in agent is still one of my most used.
If you see your job as pure coding, the future looks rough. You need to start thinking of your role as creating value. Whether you write code or AI does, the goal was always to create a product. Being a "human compiler" used to be a viable career path. Those days are moving rapidly away from us.
This is a fascinating read and I'm certain this will impact the open source community, but it's tough to see just exactly how this is going to play out
What Claude Code Chooses #HackerNews https://amplifying.ai/research/claude-code-picks
Switched to a low profile keyboard and feels like I forgot how to type. Double check all my PRs this week.
AI Agents we need: Makes phone appointments for you with providers that are living in the past
AI tooling is in a rapid expansion phase... more new tools/methods/approaches every day then we can possibly keep up with. Eventually, we will have a collapse phase, where we have eliminated most of the worst ideas/options and gather around some solid solutions.
I know Opus 4.5 is the hot model right now, but I'm finding Haiku 4.5 to be my daily driver unless I need something really complex.